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Type: Letter
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Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to 'al-shaykh al-rashīd,' aiming to pawn his turban for 40 dirhams. Cf. ENA 3927.1, P. Heid. Arab. III 42, and P. Heid. Arab. III 43.
Small and very damaged fragment, barely legible, probably from a letter
Very damaged small fragments from a letter
3 lines from a letter
Small fragment from a letter. Mentioning Abu al-Surur b. Ghalib who is in Fustat and Abu al-Najm. Too little text to identify.
Letter from Abū Zikrī to Abū Saʿīd Halfon b. Moshe, Trustee of the Yeshiva. This person is unknown and is not listed in Goitein's index cards or the cards of the India book documents. Refers to Mahruz b. Ya'aqov, who is known from India Book documents. In the margins is a reference to someone who left a year ago about whom the Kārim hadn't sent any information, and who hadn't arrive in Aydhab. Abū Zikrī is afraid that he would stay in the East for two years. This person is likely to be Halfon ha-Levi b. Nethanel, who traveled to India, but instead of returning to Egypt after a year stayed in the East for two years. See India Book IV/A p. 142. AA
Minute fragment of a letter
Minute fragment from a letter mentioning Our great Rabbi
Damaged letter, the content is unclear
Two fragments of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon.
Strip from the right part of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon dealing with some business issues. One of the items is כשנאש who might be the Persian כשנה (see Dozy, Supplement, II, p. 473) which referred to mangold or a certain type of mushroom. AA
Fragment from a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon. Only little text preserved.
Fragment from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon. Abu sl-Fadl is mentioned and ruba'i of 'anzrut (= Sarcocolla, mentioned in medical books in recipes for the treatment
of eye complaints such as redness, itching , and eye diseases)
Fragment of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe.
Strip from the right side of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe halevi
Fragment from a letter
recto and verso are written by a different hand. Mostly contains regards to certain people. verso is written in a distinctive Maghrebi hand and mentioned Abu al-Khayr, Abu Zikri Yehuda, Sheikh As'haq, Abu al-Faraj Hibbat Allah, among others whose names is not preserved. AA
This fragment contains 3 different documents. On recto seems like a very damaged legal deed or legal discussion. On verso probably a dirge or a poem in honor of a Halfon, and few lines from an Arabic document (needs examination)
Fragment of a letter from Farah b. Isma’il to Nahray b. Nissim. Regarding money exchange and shipments of linen. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #508) VMR
Small fragment. On recto a letter probably regarding the widow of Tamim and his possessions. On verso list of names and amounts written by the same hand.
